Blogs from Gibb River Road, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

(Some of the photos are out of sequence, but hopefully you still get an impression... this blog just didn't want to get published, so i've given up on the proof read and am just pressing publish!!) We arrived on what seemed like the last flight of the day at Broome Airport. Ominously there was a big queue for taxis and not many circling. After nervously checking out how far the walk to the hotel would be, and then eying up our buggy full of luggage (with a giggling Senan sitting on top of it all!) we decided to trust the Gods and after waiting about 20 mins in the gentle heat, a taxi eventually turned up and took us to Broome Time Apartments. The heat in Broome is phenomenal. Even in the late evening there's a ... read more

DAYS TWO AND THREE Today we began our journey along the infamous Gibb River Road, passing through the King Leopold Ranges before arriving at Bell Gorge. Lovely waterfalls and clear waters. We didn’t go in but there were people swimming. We continued on to our camp for the next two nights at the Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary. Paul, our driver, rang through on the telephone for the gates to be opened for us. This once dominant cattle station is now opened by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and is one of the largest non-govt owned protected areas in Australia. The sanctuary covers 800,000 acres of the upper Fitzroy catchment and protects a range of ecosystems. We stayed in safari tents overlooking Annie Creek. Drinks by the campfire before dinner in the open air restaurant. We were woken the ... read more

Whilst staying at El Questro we did alittle back tracking west along the Gibb River Rd to Home Valley.. Another Cattle Station that had set up a major camping facility. To get to Home Valley we had to travel through the Pentecost River. The River is approximately 2km wide here and was not very deep at this time of the year, covering 3/4 of the wheels . However it was flowing and we were not getting out because of the crocs.. At Home Valley we had coffees and milk shakes in the lovely presented eating area. Pete and Tom jealous because they were streaming live the North Melbourne v Sydney, AFL game on the big screen in the evening and we would not be able to watch it. (Sydney Won)... read more

Here are our extra photos! There are 2 pages. Can't upload the videos so will try adding them to Facebook.... read more

Gibb River Road Day 1 Left Derby on a beautiful morning and started the long anticipated journey along the Gibb River Road. Whether to do this journey or not was the subject of much discussion and the questioning of fellow travellers who had done it recently. As always, the information was mixed with good and bad reports of road conditions but a consistent revelation of how "it was worth it". So, with the Baileys still in Broome, the Whitfields and Stubbs headed off into the unknown. The road is unsealed for it's entire length of 665 km (with the exception of some bitumen at the start and finish) from Derby to the junction of the Great Northern Hwy between Wyndham and Kununurra. Most "normal"people (as we were in 2006) take the Gt Northen Hwy as its ... read more